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Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., questions Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in on March 22, 2022. (Alex Brandon/Associated Press)

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Senate votes to nix mask mandate for public transit

U.S. House passes resolution for Ukraine with near-unanimous …

President Joe Biden departs after delivering his first State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol, Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in Washington. (Sarahbeth Maney/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Senate hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown …

Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson smiles as she sits down for a meeting with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate passes bill to avert shutdown of federal government

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) address at the National Prayer Breakfast at the U.S. Capitol on February 3, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images)

Senators introduce bill to suspend gas tax through 2022

Fuel is pumped into a vehicle, Thursday, June 14, 2012, in Miami. Two Democratic senators are calling for suspending the federal gas tax for the remainder of 2022 to help consumers struggling with rising fuel prices (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

Voting bill collapses in Senate as 2 Dems join GOP to …

In this image from Senate Television, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks on the floor of the U.S. Senate Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Senate Television via AP)

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Louisiana Senate candidate’s 1st campaign ad shows …

Publisher and community activist Gary Chambers Jr., D-Baton Rouge, speaks about his campaign for the 2nd Congressional District seat after signing up for the race on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Baton Rouge, La. Chambers, a political newcomer in Louisiana whose adept use of social media drew notice when he finished strong in a U.S. House race last year has posted an online video ad certain to draw more attention and, perhaps, campaign donations — it shows him smoking marijuana while decrying racial disparities in arrests for the drug. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte, File)

Voting bill faces defeat in Senate as Manchin, Sinema …

(L-R) U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) speaks as Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) listen during a news conference after a procedural vote for the bipartisan infrastructure framework at Dirksen Senate Office Building July 28, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Democrats see good chance of DOJ prosecuting Trump …

Former President Donald Trump speaks at rally Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, in Florence, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

House passes measure paving way for Senate to start …

President Joe Biden is flanked by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., left, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, after arriving on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Former Senate leader Harry Reid lies in state at …

A U.S. Joint Forces bearer team carries the flag-draped casket of former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., into the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol where he will lie in state on Jan. 12, 2022. (Chip Somodevilla/Pool via AP)

Fauci clashes with Rand Paul, says personal attacks …

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to the president, testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine the federal response to COVID-19 and new emerging variants, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

‘I’m tired of being quiet’: Biden backs Senate filibuster …

President Joe Biden speaks in support of changing the Senate filibuster rules that have stalled voting rights legislation, at Atlanta University Center Consortium, on the grounds of Morehouse College and Clark Atlanta University, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)